Friday, April 8, 2011

Four Days of Haiku: Assignments

In our Haiku-ca-choo! group, someone, often Kate, suggests a theme for the week. In early February, the theme was "favorite foods." I was in the early stages of a spiritual journey and deeply interested in the connection between food, belief, and community. While everyone else answered the assignment in the spirit it was meant ("chocolate!"), I penned the haiku below with a small comment appended.

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Breaking bread with friends.
Communion, community
at the table now.

Haiku comment: it's not about the food.

With Katrina this past February before breaking bread together.
With Katrina, it is never just about the food. 

2 comments:

Darla said...

Lovely. Illustrates "breaking bread" so simply but completely.

Darla

Anonymous said...

Oh, the second line captures the spirit of communion in the truest sense.